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Antec Truepower 550 EPS -- question
Follow-up set to alt.comp.hardware and
alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus. On Thu, 20 May 2004 00:31:30 +0100, "Richard Dower" wrote: "DaveW" wrote in message news:ihRqc.80821$iF6.6868366@attbi_s02... Antec, according to Tom's Hardware Guide, very conservatively rates their power supplies. They tend to easily put out more than their ratings say. Thank you. Yes, I did find some reviews also that prove this to be correct. Plus the Antec site mentions a test that looks good and correct. -- DaveW I've seen reviews that state the Antec is in real terms 530W. For the "True550 EPS12V" these reviews probably are not entirely correct. One should add that this 530 W concerns the sum of the 3,3 + 5 + 12 V outputs simultanuously. The formal specifications of this model are mentioned on this page: http://www.antec-inc.com/specs/true550EPS12V_spe.html According to these specs the Antec "True550 EPS12V" delivers a total of 530W on the 3,3+5+12 V rails simultanuously. Very good! As a whole the PSU delivers 550 W. Nothing wrong with that also IMO :-) I find the specs to be complete and trustworthy. However I'm not sure about the value of 36 A for the 12 V rail which is very high. My question is: is this 36 A a typo? TIA JustinCase [ Please pardon my awfull English :-) ] [ I am an independent professional not affiliated to Antec ] |
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Indeed...i'm a big beliver in Antec products myself.
"JustinCase" no-address@none wrote in message ... Follow-up set to alt.comp.hardware and alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus. On Thu, 20 May 2004 00:31:30 +0100, "Richard Dower" wrote: "DaveW" wrote in message news:ihRqc.80821$iF6.6868366@attbi_s02... Antec, according to Tom's Hardware Guide, very conservatively rates their power supplies. They tend to easily put out more than their ratings say. Thank you. Yes, I did find some reviews also that prove this to be correct. Plus the Antec site mentions a test that looks good and correct. -- DaveW I've seen reviews that state the Antec is in real terms 530W. For the "True550 EPS12V" these reviews probably are not entirely correct. One should add that this 530 W concerns the sum of the 3,3 + 5 + 12 V outputs simultanuously. The formal specifications of this model are mentioned on this page: http://www.antec-inc.com/specs/true550EPS12V_spe.html According to these specs the Antec "True550 EPS12V" delivers a total of 530W on the 3,3+5+12 V rails simultanuously. Very good! As a whole the PSU delivers 550 W. Nothing wrong with that also IMO :-) I find the specs to be complete and trustworthy. However I'm not sure about the value of 36 A for the 12 V rail which is very high. My question is: is this 36 A a typo? TIA JustinCase [ Please pardon my awfull English :-) ] [ I am an independent professional not affiliated to Antec ] |
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On Thu, 20 May 2004 07:47:55 +0200, JustinCase no-address@none wrote:
However I'm not sure about the value of 36 A for the 12 V rail which is very high. My question is: is this 36 A a typo? I doubt it's a typo, that's the whole point of an EPS unit, that it has dedicated rail for more, stable CPU power, enough to support multiple CPUs. However, it likely lists both 12V rails seperately, yes? I would expect them to be seperate inside the unit too, such that the unit is not rated to deliver the entire 36A entirely from one 12V rail or the other but a combination of the two. I belive they may be seperate by a low resistance which will keep one rail more stable when load changes on the other. |
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